use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = , burial_place = , burial_coordinates = , monuments = , nationality = , other_names = , siglum = , citizenship = , education = , alma_mater = , occupation = , years_active = , era = , employer = , organization = , agent = , known_for = , notable_works = , style = , net_worth = , height = , television = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement =

Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front (, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, who led the Nicaraguan resistan ...

, opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives =

Carlos Núñez Téllez use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinate ...

(brother) , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Santos René Núñez Téllez (1946 - 2016) was a Nicaraguan politician. He was a

Sandinista The Sandinista National Liberation Front (, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, who led the Nicaraguan resistan ...

revolutionary and later President of the

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of Nicaragua. He became a deputy in the National Assembly in 2002 and served as its President in 2005 and then again from 2007 until his death in 2016. Born on 1 November 1946 in Leon, Nicaragua, Núñez was the brother of Carlos Núñez; together they joined the Sandinista effort in 1969 and in 1975, René Núñez was sentenced to eight years in prison for his

guerilla Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians, which may include recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism ...

efforts. After the Sandinistas defeated the

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in 1979, he took on new roles in the government as well as the Sandinista party (FSLN). Núñez died September 10, 2016, in

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, where he was seeking medical care.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Núñez Tellez, René Presidents of the National Assembly (Nicaragua) Sandinista National Liberation Front politicians 1946 births 2016 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Nicaragua) People from León, Nicaragua